GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |